No one can say for sure. Diabetes depletes the autoimmune system and this is why diabetics are at greater risk. Your T2 is, like mine, mild. I'm taking no chances and doing a bit of extra exercise, getting lots of sleep and eating foods known to help the autoimmune system. If you look around you can see the people who are most at risk. They are the ones who are grossly overweight, with serious, neglected health issues from (75% of those dying from Covid-19 are clinically obese) Just do your best to make sure you are not one of them.Hello - I'm type two on diet only, no meds. Am I vulnerable?!
Unless you have one of the serious at risk illnesses or your HbA1c is very high, you are at no more risk than the general population. Diabetes in itself does not put you in the vulnerable group.
It does put you in the vulnerable group but not in the very vulnerable group. So you ARE at more risk than the general population but not as much as the very vulnerable. x
I've been off track for a long time and am now struggling to get back on track with my bs readings. Doing lots of walking and a GL diet. Readings are good after a walk but v high in the morning and after eating. So was wondering if maybe I was more vulnerable atm.
KK123 - I am well known for detesting labels. Saying diabetes makes a person more vulnerable to x, y or z is no more helpful than saying women are rubbish drivers.
As someone with A1cs in the 20s, my levels are likely better than a decent chunk of normies.
I was a weedy, sickly child, suffering pneumonia at 4, and often cite the reason I pick up very few infections, colds and so on, is that I had them all before I became a teenager. Of course, that's flippant, but you get the drift. Couple that with my early professional life being spent working with super-spreaders. You can trust me, I've seen some snotty noses.
I'd say my immune system is pretty good. Of course, COVID seems pretty indiscriminate, so of course, I'm being careful and mindful of those around me.
In my view, each individual's risk profile is just that. Individual. Some folks will have had indisputable increases to their risk profiles - such as losing a lot of lymph nodes or be undergoing some treatments.
Of course, with the rapidity of this legislation and the resulting changes to our lives, in many instance only binary decisions and classifications could be made, but these are very clunky metrics.
Thank you!Sorry for deflecting the thread a bit there, mouse58.
My suggestion to you at the moment, would be to do whatever you can to keep your levels in a good place, and practise the sensible social distancing.
If you believe you are very vulnerable, you might find some useful information on the gov.uk/coronavirus site and pages.
Stay well.